This fall, the opportunity came along for Chris to put in a bid on a big telephone job in Kansas. The contractor he was bidding under lives in Moab and wanted Chris to ride with him to a pre-bid meeting in Stockton. Instead of Chris just driving to Moab to hop in with Howie, I saw this as on opportune moment to sneak off to Salt Lake City to hang out with all our rock crawling friends. We drove into Moab late on a Tuesday night and Chris left the following morning for Kansas. The kids and I drove into Salt Lake and began our adventure. After some mini golf and a visit to Summit Machine, we were off to IKEA. My very first time, by the way!
We stayed in Magna with our really good friends the Herzog's. They were so kind to open their home to us and on Thursday, we went into downtown and saw where Shane works. Amy, Caulen, Shane, the kids, and I then walked to the Gateway which is this killer outdoor mall they have. It was a beautiful day!
This is a kick ass restaurant that Shane introduced me too. It's an island grill and their pork sandwich with sweet potato fries is to die for!! Plus, they have fry sauce which is just delightful!
In the middle of the square are these fountains. Every half hour there is a 5 minute show set to music. It was really fun! Of course, my kids, being the country bumpkins they are, immediately ran into the water as soon as the music was over!
They got soaked!!
Riding the "alligator" as Alyssa used to say when she was little.
This Porsche was parked in Shane's parking garage and Brendon told me he's going to have a car just like that one of these days!
The Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point was absolutely fabulous! We spent Friday afternoon there and had a blast! If you're every in SLC, go check it out!
Lou-Lou and her drawing
A little excavating.....
Chris joined us in Salt Lake on Friday night and took the kids to a museum on Saturday so I could take advantage of the Sandy Mall.
That girl LOVES horses!
Miss Sophie Divine the great traveling Yorkie!!
The highlight of the entire trip for me was the BBQ we went to on Saturday night. We have made so many amazing friends off of our rock crawling forum, most of whom live in the Salt Lake area and we all got together on Saturday. Shawn and Alayna hosted it and man, did we ever have a good time! It was so great all being together at once and just hanging out.
Ben and Kami
That is crazy ass Shawn. He is not right, but I love that guy.
Shawn, Alayna, me, Lory, and Jeremy (Hickey)
The great Cody McKendrick whom Brendon absolutely adores!
The ever stoic Carl with the very non-stoic Chris
Shawn and Alayna's kids are some of the coolest kids we know. Shay is 10 and Nash is 8 and they all play so well together. I really wish we lived closer, they are such good buddies.
That would be Amy Herzog, Miss Sophie's new Mama. They absolutely adore each other and if Shane was okay with it, I think Sophie would've stayed in Magna!
As a favor to Howie, Chris got to drive "Betsy" the boom truck from Dodge City, Kansas all the way to Price Utah! No AC, radio, or any other creature comforts, but everyone survived and now Chris can say he has driven a boom truck across 2 1/2 states!!
And this was the "loaner" truck that Chris got to bring to Salt Lake. It was hilarious, he barely knew what to do with all of MaKenzie after driving this and Betsy for a few days! :)
And there is the short version of our trip to Salt Lake City. It was terribly hard to come home, we love everyone there so much. But it was a fabulous trip and Pagosa will always be home......they all just need to move here! ;)
